Import/export HS code 5703: Tufted carpets and rugs

Carpets and rugs made by tufting, a process that creates a soft, textured surface

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Netherlands 343,686,057
Turkey 207,602,176
Belgium 177,781,482
China 43,616,124
Viet Nam 38,052,963

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Netherlands 172,482,455 171,203,602 -1,278,853
Turkey 107,565,244 100,036,932 -7,528,312
Belgium 102,067,366 75,714,116 -26,353,250
China 21,823,692 21,792,432 -31,260
Viet Nam 19,394,320 18,658,643 -735,677
France 18,514,817 19,117,039 +602,222
Denmark 17,729,257 17,078,983 -650,274
India 16,312,643 16,944,782 +632,139
Germany 13,337,553 9,328,262 -4,009,291
Hungary 7,138,964 5,688,888 -1,450,076

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Netherlands 343,058,502
Turkey 215,530,532
Belgium 151,629,147
China 47,170,330
Viet Nam 46,124,650

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Netherlands 180,153,201 162,905,301 -17,247,900
Turkey 112,573,678 102,956,854 -9,616,824
Belgium 78,703,153 72,925,994 -5,777,159
China 23,423,044 23,747,286 +324,242
Viet Nam 24,100,065 22,024,585 -2,075,480
India 19,504,470 19,417,674 -86,796
Denmark 15,724,258 14,935,197 -789,061
France 14,700,730 11,946,434 -2,754,296
Germany 11,122,265 7,649,770 -3,472,495
Portugal 6,952,420 9,136,940 +2,184,520

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 204
Greater Manchester 74
Inner London - East 59
Outer London - West and North West 55
West Yorkshire 46

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Inner London - West 145 139 -6
Greater Manchester 49 45 -4
Inner London - East 42 42 +0
Outer London - West and North West 43 35 -8
West Yorkshire 32 33 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 36 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 28 +7
West Midlands 27 31 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 24 -2
Essex 23 25 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 512,651,551
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 469,498,460
Air transport 16,961,710
Other 13,278,981
Rail transport 4,073,059

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 317,860,659 194,790,892 -123,069,767
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 190,976,783 278,521,677 +87,544,894
Air transport 8,761,618 8,200,092 -561,526
Other 7,923,923 5,355,058 -2,568,865
Rail transport 3,868,469 204,590 -3,663,879
Road transport 978,586 1,160,388 +181,802

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 207,975,657
London Gateway Port 110,284,610
Eurotunnel 107,659,934
Immingham Docks 105,377,825
Killingholme 83,032,865

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Felixstowe 122,063,616 85,912,041 -36,151,575
London Gateway Port 41,175,229 69,109,381 +27,934,152
Eurotunnel 57,375,905 50,284,029 -7,091,876
Immingham Docks 48,042,306 57,335,519 +9,293,213
Killingholme 47,956,145 35,076,720 -12,879,425
Purfleet 41,658,358 37,615,074 -4,043,284
Hull 38,044,910 31,313,208 -6,731,702
Dover 24,044,728 23,515,507 -529,221
London 22,667,044 21,880,137 -786,907
Southampton 18,946,853 15,000,783 -3,946,070

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
418
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
259
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
55
Specialised construction activities
53
Manufacture of textiles
51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 222
2026-04 230
2026-03 218
2026-02 221
2026-01 201

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 411
0-1m 246
54m+ 236
15m-54m 101
Other 83

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Netherlands 50,918,762
Belgium 44,229,766
Ireland 24,079,312
Poland 15,735,909
France 15,508,282

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Netherlands 24,564,895 26,353,867 +1,788,972
Belgium 25,171,339 19,058,427 -6,112,912
Ireland 11,967,759 12,111,553 +143,794
Poland 9,894,561 5,841,348 -4,053,213
France 9,530,563 5,977,719 -3,552,844
Germany 9,155,838 4,147,959 -5,007,879
United States 5,858,543 4,969,437 -889,106
Czechia 8,342,890 576,059 -7,766,831
Russia 3,852,566 3,465,096 -387,470
Saudi Arabia 2,849,670 2,397,437 -452,233

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 41,026,407
Ireland 1,645,210
Netherlands 1,567,114
Belgium 546,000
Turkey 186,822

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 20,219,093 20,807,314 +588,221
Ireland 1,396,896 248,314 -1,148,582
Netherlands 824,497 742,617 -81,880
Belgium 314,837 231,163 -83,674
Turkey 82,700 104,122 +21,422
India 58,760 85,863 +27,103
China 5,878 21,904 +16,026
Egypt 8,526 14,325 +5,799
Germany 4,698 7,750 +3,052
Viet Nam 0 2,717 +2,717

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 162,457,399
Other 45,759,199
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,358,414
Air transport 14,562,880
Road transport 2,561

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 97,311,154 65,146,245 -32,164,909
Other 23,399,303 22,359,896 -1,039,407
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,864,687 16,493,727 -4,370,960
Air transport 5,428,862 9,134,018 +3,705,156
Road transport 1,440 1,121 -319

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 100,016,916
000 45,759,199
Immingham Docks 19,600,496
Hull 18,007,416
London Gateway Port 12,189,997

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,777,382 44,239,534 -11,537,848
000 23,399,303 22,359,896 -1,039,407
Immingham Docks 14,895,050 4,705,446 -10,189,604
Hull 9,470,483 8,536,933 -933,550
London Gateway Port 7,053,672 5,136,325 -1,917,347
Liverpool Docks 6,443,481 4,712,619 -1,730,862
Dover 8,261,294 650,228 -7,611,066
East Midlands Airport 2,416,290 6,369,977 +3,953,687
Southampton 2,123,538 2,733,092 +609,554
Felixstowe 3,230,218 1,604,488 -1,625,730

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 5703

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Carpets and rugs made by tufting, a process that creates a soft, textured surface